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Unread 09-26-2019, 10:39 AM   #1
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Default Trojan case colors

Pictured is a new-to-me Trojan 12 gauge from the 232xxx serial number range.

What do some of the more knowledgeable experts think about the case colors? They look like Del Grego case colors, but the prior owner of the gun is not the type to have sent it off for refurbishment and I am pretty sure he owned it for a long time.
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Certainly looks like cyanide colors to me but it doesn’t look like those early DelGrago colors.





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Torch?
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Agree with Dean; looks like the receiver was hung on an angle by wire or whatever as it was dipped in and out of the mixture. See some very early Ithaca-imported Perazzi trap gun photos for examples of their signature "tiger stripe" cyanide colors, where the receivers were fixed vertically 90 degrees to the bath and slowly dipped up and down.
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Whatever it is, it looks like a nice gun!
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They look like torch colors to me. Or maybe one of the chemical stains that are out there for simulating case colors.

It does not look like any sort of legitimate case colors. Cyanide or any other.

Looks like someone wanted to do a sort of "freshening" on it. So they figured, lets cover the wood in a winchester Red stain, incorrectly checker it and get the pencil torch out and make it Perdy!
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When did they start doing torch colors? Or have they always been doing them?
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When did they start doing torch colors? Or have they always been doing them?

How long has LP been available?
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True. I guess someone before Ed the Torch discovered how to make case colors with a torch
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Looks like a fine shooter to me. "Never criticize another man's dog." Or Parker.
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